What is the best heating-gas or wood burner?

sunrise


Joined: 14/02/2009
Posts: 274

Message Posted:
15/01/2012 16:13

I'd like some opinions on the best, economically and heatwise, way to heat a room. I have no chimney so it would have to be a balanced flue gas fire or a wood burner.

What are your recommendations please?

mamachina


Joined: 22/11/2008
Posts: 730

Message Posted:
15/01/2012 17:34

Our Cyprus round little stove is terrific - the chimey pipe also acts as a kind of radiator as well - and you can boil a kettle, do soup etc on the top! Short pieces of wood, or those made up logs from sawdust etc seem to burn well and slowly. We have a gas heater which we wheel round, but it certainly doesnt give the heat the stove does.

jenfarrall


Joined: 21/09/2008
Posts: 297

Message Posted:
15/01/2012 17:39

Cypriot woodburner,ours heats our through lounge brilliantly,has an oven and four burners,kettle is always on ,just had baked potatoes cooked for free,brilliant heat and definitely economical!!

suehowlittle


Joined: 31/10/2010
Posts: 1202

Message Posted:
15/01/2012 17:52

Message 3 - I would be interested in seeing this, 4 burners AND an oven wow!



Do they have them at Akinlar?

sharpknife


Joined: 11/01/2012
Posts: 30

Message Posted:
15/01/2012 18:14

Pro woodburner from Akinlar, smart, ultra efficient, we can afford to light it at 9 in the morning and run it till midnight. Gave up the gas fires, they are good when you have 'nowt else and did us for a year or so, but compared to a real woodburner with the preheat inlets.....nah.

Ocam

the butler


Joined: 22/06/2007
Posts: 1958

Message Posted:
15/01/2012 18:20

Hi,



We also have a woodburner and I can recommend them, only problem is they are a bit dirty and I have to dust every day.

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
15/01/2012 19:14

msg4 , they have them in marshalls .

Pandy


Joined: 27/08/2010
Posts: 171

Message Posted:
15/01/2012 21:49

Rowlo, do you know how much they are in marshalls?

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
15/01/2012 22:00

the one quoted above ,4 burners etc , was 250tl pandy , pipe was 8tl per metre .

Pandy


Joined: 27/08/2010
Posts: 171

Message Posted:
15/01/2012 22:05

Thanks Rowlo......which branch of Marshalls is this from? I would also need to find someone reputable who could install it - presume they could provide some names for me.

sunrise


Joined: 14/02/2009
Posts: 274

Message Posted:
16/01/2012 08:20

Thanks for all the helpful replies, wood burners seem to be the winners.